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William Kennedy Smith (born September 4, 1960) is an American physician and a member of the Kennedy family who founded an organization focused on land mines and the rehabilitation of landmine victims. He is known for being charged with rape in a nationally publicized 1991 trial that ended with his acquittal.
Nov 13, 2009 · Learn about the highly publicized rape trial of William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of President John F. Kennedy, who was accused of assaulting a woman in Palm Beach. Find out how the trial turned into a media circus, the jury's verdict and Smith's later career.
- Missy Sullivan
Dr. William Kennedy Smith’s rape trial so enthralled the country that the news of his acquittal was even flashed on the message screen at Hollywood Park racetrack, for those engaged in...
William Kennedy Smith, who was acquitted more than a decade ago of sexual assault, has been sued in civil court by a former personal assistant who alleges the Kennedy cousin raped her in 1999.
Jul 11, 2022 · Remembering the 1991 William Kennedy Smith rape trial in Palm Beach County. The accuser was protected by an electronic blue dot while on camera in the courtroom, until the jury said, “not guilty.”
Dec 12, 1991 · After deliberating for 77 minutes, a jury acquitted William K. Smith today of charges that he raped a woman at the Kennedy family's Palm Beach estate one moonlit night last Easter weekend.
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Aug 5, 1991 · The latest headlines erupted when prosecutor Moira Lasch disclosed that she had found three more women who would swear that William Kennedy Smith had attacked them.
